Perforated sample card



w 11935. 5. E. BENDER I ZMMJHS PERFORATED SAMPLE CARD Filed March 5, 1935 I I N VEN TOR.

QydrzeyZBender ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PERFOBJATED SAMPLE: CARD Sydney E. Bender, Brooklyn; Application March 5, 1935; Serial No=. 9,520

8' Claims.

The present invention relates tosample cards in: general, and what may be termed perforated sample cards.

The prime object of. this inventionis the proc- 5; essof producing in a most inexpensive way, an attractive sample card with. samples appearing. within perforations.

Another object of this invention is to.- provide asample card with marginal or otherwise arranged perforated; sample carrying elements instripvform, which not only is easily and inexpenrsivelymanufacturable, but which is very attrac tive in appearanceand practical in use, since the samples may be observed within the perforations, l5.- byeither placing under one of their faces a suitable background, such. as human fiesh of the hand. or finger, or materials of different colors, or. by looking through the perforations, whereby the. samples maybe scrutinized as to their respective colors, qualities, structure, transparency and many other properties.

The. foregoing and still further objects wilLbecomemore fully apparent from the ensuing descriptio-n and from the accompanying drawing forming part of my disclosure, but which. by no means are intended to limit me to. the actual constructions illustrated.

- In. the drawing, Figure 1 represents a portion or a -sample card equipped with my sample carrying elements in one of itspreferredforms.

. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional. view taken on lines. 2=-2 of Figure 1.

- Figure. 3: illustrates a perforatedsample carrier,

preparatory to the application of varioussamples f theret Figure 4 illustrates the sample carrier partially equipped: with thesample and separated'and cut toz-formperforated sample carrier elements.

' Figure 5 illustratesa portionwof alsupport emb ployed for the attachment of. the sample carrier.

. Figurefi illustrates a-portion of. afinished sample carrier with several elements shown.

Figure {i is a modified form of a portioniof: a sample card.

? Figure 8 is a cross-sectional View taken on lines 8. 8 of Figure 7. p 7

Figure 9 is-an attachable supporting member adapted to be securedfto the margin of a plain sample card, as shown in Figures 7 and 8, and

Figures 10; 1'1, 12 and 13 illustrate modified forms of my sample card.

Referringnowto the figures; numeral t0 denotes a carrier which is provided with a plurality of perforations Pl;- arrangedin groups of any desirecl number.

InFigure 3-, there are. shown-such: groups, each consisting. of. two vertical. rows of perforations arranged parallel to one another and spaced equally, .sothat at. least twoad'jacent perforations, constituting portions of. horizontal rows of each 5 group, form a pair. There are shown several such groups, adjacent to one another, and'below one another, each group beinglimited by dot and dash-lines. I2 andl-3.. Each pair of perforations or each group is. coveredby one strip of sample 10 material shown in fulllines at. M- and H5 at the right-hand. end of. Figure 3, and indicated in broken lines continuing over carrier l'al. The sample: strips are preferably'glued. to the body of. the. carrier; sothat the material portion coin- 15 cidingv with. or covering the perforations isfree.

When all the horizontal rows of perforations of. all groups. are covered: with different materials. the carrier is: then cut with a die in the manner'illustratedinzFigure 4, whereby not only the carrier body itself, but also the sample material-,.is.-cut. By thus stamping the carrier, each group. is. separatedin two individual units It, each unit. consisting of six perforated elements IL. Each element. carries a different piece of ma: terialq. When-the units are finished, they are appliedand attached-,. with the sample face, to a precut support, backing or covering as shown at l8. in.-Fig ure 5: The marginal elements IQ of the support. correspond in shape and perforations-to the shapes-and perforations of elements H. The latter are so placed against one'f'ace of the support that the shapes and perforations of both exactly register, as clearly seen in the finished article in. Figure 1.. The attachment of 35 each unit to the. samplesupport is accomplished by an: adhesive action, and I so prepare the car.- rier thatthe glueapplied thereto will sufiice for the secure attachment of each unit to the support-i.

In thev modified.- formshown in Figures '7, 8 and 9;.-an= auxiliary supporting; member is employed, asindicatedin-Figure 9-. This supporting member corresponds in general. outlines to a finished unit,,butpossesses a. wider end margin 2&3, from 9} which extend perforated. elements 2i. The carrier in this modification. may be of the same shape as support 20', (assllown at 2@" in Figure 8"), inwhicl'i case, the groups of perforations are spaced somewhat wider apart. The application of thesample materials to the carrier is accomplished"- in the" same manner as previously described, but instead of'attaching-the finished unit to as-upporti as shown at Hi, the carriers are secured to asupporting member 211i and the supporting member 20 is then attached to the edge of a sample card 2|, as shown in Figures 7 and 8.

In Figures 1 to 8, sample carrying elements are shown in the form of rings. In Figures 10, 11 and 12, the sample carrying elements assume different shapes and proportions, and in Figure 13, the carrying elements comprise squares. In all of the modified forms, the construction of the elements are the same, and are constructed in the same manner as described previously in connection with Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, or in the manner shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9. In each case, however, the elements either form marginal extensions of the card or support, integral with the latter, or are permanently attached in rows to the edge of a card. In all structures shown, the frames of the elements are opaque, while the sample material is preferably translucent, thus permitting the observer to look through the material, when desired.

The foregoing description covers sample cards in which the sample material is held by individual elements, separated from one another by What may be termed soalloping, which, of course, requires relatively costly dies of various patterns, depending upon the shapes of sample elements desired.

By eliminating the employment of special dies for shaping the individual elements, the cost of the sample cards may be considerably reduced, without sacrificing their major practical advantages of facilitating the examination of each sample material in the different ways stated before. Thus, in order to reduce the manufacturing cost, I employ again a carrier if], having vertical rows of at least two adjacent perforations of any desired shape, such as circles, squares, oblongs, ovals, etc., which carrier may be composed of any member of vertical double-row groups. Then I attach over all horizontal rows strips of sample material, such as M and I5.

Now, instead of soalloping the sampleequipped carrier, I follow either of the two possible simple, inexpensive Ways of separating the carrier. One way is to cut the carrier into vertical strips, containing a single vertical row of the desired number of perforations. Then I secure to the carrier an un-scalloped, perforated supporting strip, similar to that shown either in Fig. or 9, in the manner previously described, so that the perforations of the carrier register with those of the strip.

However, I may further reduce the cost of manufacture by employing still another modified method. Before separating the carrier sheet l0, after the different sample material strips were secured over the horizontal rows of its perforations, I secure a perforated cover, supporting or backing sheet to the yet uncut carrier, so that all perforations register, and finally I cut the resulting product, without soalloping it, into vertical, simple strips, containing single or multiple rows of the desired number of perforations. Such finished strips may be attached to cards either in the manner shown and described in Figure 8, or may be hinged thereto at their ends or sides, so as to render them free for inspection.

The method employed in producing perforated sample cards of the type shown is not only extremely simple and effective, but produces sample cards of pleasing appearance, at a very low cost, with a minimum amount of waste. One of the great advantages of this type of sample card resides in the fact that the sample material may not only be optically examined in various desirable ways, but may be touched, felt at both of its faces, or otherwise handled or tested, without requiring the removal of the sample from the support or card. 5

While I have described the principle of construction and the various phases of my invention, be it understood that changes and improvements may be made therein without departing from its broad scope. as set forth in the annexed claims: 10

I claim:

1. The process of producing perforated sample cards, which consists of providing in a carrier sheet two parallel rows of perforations, spaced at a predetermined distance, applying different sample materials over each adjacent pair of perforations and attaching it to the body of the sheet, separating and cutting the sampleequipped carrier sheet into two individual units, so that each unit consists of one row of perforated elements, and applying and attaching each unit, with its face bearing the sample material, to a support provided with marginal perforated elements, corresponding in shape and perforations to the elements of the unit, so that the pgforations of the unit register with the perforations of the support.

2. The process of producing perforated sample cards, which consists of providing a carrier sheet with groups of perforations, each group consisting of two parallel, spaced vertical rows of perforations, the groups of perforations arranged adjacent to one another, applying over each adjacent pair of perforations of all adjacent groups, strips of different sample material, and attaching it to the body of the carrier sheet, separating and cutting the now sample-equipped sheet into individual units, each unit consisting of a row of perforated, sample-carrying elements, and applying the units with their sample side to supports 40 provided with marginal, perforated elements, corresponding in shape and perforations to the elements of the unit, and so attaching the units to the supports that the elements and their perforations register with one another.

3. In a perforated sample card, spaced marginal perforated elements arranged in a row, without the sample card proper each element comprising outer covering layers and an inner sample layer held between the outer covering layers.

4. In a perforated sample card, a support provided with spaced marginal, perforated elements, without the sample card proper, a carrier, having correspondingly shaped and perforated elements, attached to said support, and a material sample so secured between the elements of the support and of the carrier, that either of its faces may be touched, tested or observed from either side, or that light rays may be passed through the sample, when desired.

5. In a perforated sample card, a support, marginal sample-carrying units provided at one of its edges, outside of the sample card proper, and comprising a plurality of spaced, individual sample-carrying elements, arranged in a row, each of said elements comprising two outer, perforated opaque layers, sample material held between said layers so that its major portion becomes visible within the perforations of the outer layers.

6. The process of producing perforated, multi-- ple samples for sample cards, which consists of applying to a carrier, having rows of perforations disposed in two directions, and of which rows one consists of at least a pair of adjacent perforations,

strips of different sample material over the rows of perforations of one direction, separating the sample-equipped carrier into strips containing single rows of perforations in the other direction, and attaching the strips with their materialequipped faces to a perforated backing, so that the perforations of the carrier strips register with those of the latter.

'7. The process of producing perforated, multiple samples for sample cards, which consists of applying to a carrier, having rows of perforations disposed in two directions, and of which rows one consists of at least a pair of adjacent perforations, strips of different sample material over the rows of perforations of one direction, attaching to the material-equipped face of the carrier a perforated backing, so that the perforations of the latter register with those of the carrier, and

separating the product into strips containing rows of perforations in the other direction.

8. In a perforated sample card, the combination with a card member, of a sample-display member conveniently attached thereto and comprising a perforated carrier, a carrier provided with a row of longitudinally arranged perforations, a backing, having similarly disposed perforations, said carrier and said backing held together so that their perforations register, a plurality of individual strips of different sample materials held in spaced relation to one another between the carrier and the backing, each strip of sample material extending from side edge to side edge of said display member and over the area of one set of registering perforations.

SYDNEY E. BENDER. 

